Indigenous women in Indonesian Borneo often have to combine domestic responsibilities with food cultivation, known as behuma in the dialect of the Dayak Pitap community in South Kalimantan province.

KOTA KINABALU: After more than two decades, Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan (pic) is still adamant that the term “Dayak" is a more fitting representation of the natives in the Borneo island. Responding ...

PIKIRAN RAKYAT - The Dayak people, an umbrella term encompassing over 200 distinct ethnic groups, are the indigenous inhabitants of the vast island of Borneo. Their deep-rooted connection to the ...

Though suffering from a lack of priests and sisters, these are lively communities with many conversions, The tribal groups are asking for baptism and refusing to become muslims. Here is a report by Fr ...

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Rice growers from an Indigenous Dayak community in Central Kalimantan province say stricter rules enacted to prevent wildfires have contributed to a decline in the number of farmers growing rice, ...

Winners of last year’s Miss Kumang pageant at Dayak Borneo Cultural Festival in Sibu. SINGLE Dayak women are invited to participate in this year’s Kumang Gawai Dayak Sibu competition for a chance at ...

SEREMBAN, Sept 10 (Bernama) -- Pasar Tamu Dayak Seremban here is an initiative to empower women from Sabah and Sarawak currently residing in Negeri Sembilan by creating business opportunities to sell ...